Back on the Budapest, after planning the course, it took the battleship almost a full day to complete the planned eight long-distance jumps, the vast majority of which was spent on correcting the course and repositioning. Eventually, though, they converged with Team 401's frigate in the same system.

After the two sides converged, the person in charge of the 401 squad quickly handed Shen Chao an updated report through the internal communication, and they were not idle during the day when the Budapest was on the way, as a search frigate, the 401 team's combat effectiveness was not strong.

But against those ships in this world that can only use their combat power at close range, and still rely on space fighters and nuclear weapons, their firepower still has a great advantage. So after confirming from a distance that the target they found in this system was indeed a man-made ship, they quickly organized a close boarding reconnaissance.

At first, they simply approached the target to determine the shape and energy characteristics of the target ship to confirm that what they were searching for was indeed a paralyzed ship and nothing else. After confirming that the target ship was indeed incapacitated and appeared to have been abandoned for some time, they decisively boarded the ship for inspection.

Due to the lack of knowledge about this unknown ship, instead of trying to open the hatches of unknown functions that leaked on the outer periphery of the ship, they violently made several holes in the weaker parts of the hull, and sent small forces to enter the hull through these holes.

The first few holes that were opened were dead ends, and the team members quickly came out to make new holes after entering. It wasn't until the seventh hole that they finally entered the ship's personnel passage. And began a formal search along the channel.

Divided into two teams inside the dark and misty hull, the team carefully explored every nook and cranny and soon discovered a number of cramped cabins that resembled containers. In these chambers, they found their desired target: some Theron Samurai men who had been damaged or had gone into a dormant state.

From this, it can be concluded that they are now on a Theron ship. These dormant machines are tall, about 2 meters tall, and their appearance is very similar to what they describe in their materials.

Considering the possibility of their sudden restart and the threat they might pose, the team stayed here for a while. Dismantle or destroy all the complete machines they see. After making sure that there were no more people along the way. They continued their exploration into the depths of the hull and eventually found the location of Cambridge along some exposed lines.

In Cambridge, they found the mechanical stumps of the new Theron warriors and the incomplete corpses of several humanoid Theron people who had been frozen into ice sculptures. This confirmed their previous speculation about the power of the ship.

Unlike the iron-clad Theron Warriors, they were tasked with preserving the bodies of the first humanoid Theron found as intact as possible. So they closed the scene. And wait for technical support from the rear.

However, the captain of the 401 squad never thought that Shen Chao would personally lead the team to support them during the rookie exam. Or came in the Budapest, the core combat power of the fleet. Because this mission has actually been cold inside the expedition for a long time. Except for Shen Chao, there was almost no one in the expedition.

Anyway, after the arrival of the Budapest. Team 401 quickly handed over the spaceship they had discovered to the members of the second squadron who rushed to support, and boarded the Budapest to report the discovery to Shen Chao in person.

The technical officers of the 2nd Squadron quickly took over the excavation after taking over the site. That's right, "excavation"! Because all the humanoid Therons in Cambridge had frozen into a lump of ice, it was clear that the ship had been wrecked for a long time. So the protective transfer of these bodies is also a technical job. It's not just a matter of putting it in a body bag.

Considering the extremely low gravitational environment and vacuum state of the nearby star sector, it is possible that these corpses were even left tens of thousands of years ago. Therefore, after a preliminary inspection of the site, the technical officer carefully used a portable laser cutter to separate several corpses frozen on the capsule, and packed them in high-strength isolation boxes brought by them to ensure the stability of the environment in which the corpses were delivered to the dissection table.

That's right, they were going to transport the bodies of these Terron people back to the real yàn area on the Budapest for examination. This is because the Theron people also contain a number of technological achievements of interest to the expedition, including the transfer of consciousness.

At the same time, the Budapest has completed the preparation of the ship's Resident Danger and Electronic Isolation Plan, all functional areas of the ship that are not in use have been blocked, and all passages and entrances have been turned on with microbial killing devices to ensure that the returning crew will not bring back any exotic super biological viruses or anything.

Similar incidents have occurred a few times as the expedition's range has expanded, but no actual harm has ever been done to the members of the expedition due to the strict quarantine policy, which is a fully enclosed security check in front of the gate to enter and exit the space-time gate.

In addition, all personnel on board the ship are wearing isolation suits or combat armor that serves as well as the same isolation in case of any accidents, the main danger of which is expected to come from the various Theron mechs they have brought back.

Although the Theron are not a highly intelligent mechanical race, at least not as far as the Reapers or even Jace in the Mass Effect world. But they still have the potential to threaten the ship's software systems. Therefore, until their specific ethnic characteristics are determined, the Budapest will always maintain a state of highest alert to ensure the safety of the entire ship.

Due to the danger of unidentified technology associated with bringing a large number of alien remains aboard, the only ones scheduled to be transported on board were the disassembled limbs of six mechanical Theron warriors and one complete humanoid Theron corpse. Although it is said to be a "humanoid" machine, in fact, it is impossible to distinguish the difference between this Theron and ordinary humans just from their appearance.

This "high-end" humanoid Theron is in the ruling class of Theron society. Although the combat power is not as good as that of the all-metal Theron Warriors, they are completely self-aware.

Besides. They also have some special abilities that surpass ordinary people's body elements, such as because their bodies are composed of semi-biological and semi-synthetic bodies, and the synthetic parts of their bodies include low-frequency communication devices.

Using the communication devices in their bodies, these Theron people can form a mental network at close range without the need for peripherals, pooling their intelligence and powers. There is a high level of danger. Aside from the ability to network, these Theron people are indistinguishable from a normal human in other ways.

Considering that there are many highly physically modified humans in the Mass Effect world who are very similar to these Therons in terms of physical composition, the expedition did not directly classify these Therons as a non-human race.

For the same reason, several sets of testing equipment have been prepared in the real yàn area of the Budapest. There are detection organisms. It was also used to overhaul sophisticated equipment, and they even opened an isolated operating room to conduct a thorough study of the humanoid Theron people who were transported aboard. The purpose was to assist the expedition in defining the ethnic nature of the Theron people.

This identification is important, as if the Therons are identified as a subspecies of humans, then the expedition will try to avoid the use of violence during their first contact with them, and if they are identified as a purely mechanical race. Then after meeting the living Theron people later. There is a high probability that the expedition will implement a policy of meeting and destroying them.

Whether the Theron people would be identified by the expedition as a branch of humanity or a completely different race will depend on this upcoming dissection test. Sainz, the attending physician of the 2nd Squadron at the time, who was in charge of this test.

Dr. Sainz was a full member of the expedition. He was a mediocre, good-looking guy with the soft, handsome face of a mixed Latino race. At this time, he and his colleagues were preparing for the dissection operation. After receiving the order from Shen Chao to give carte blanche to unplan. He deeply felt the impermanence of fate.

Because in his own hometown, which is the Blade Runner plane, he was once identified as a non-human, a replicant with no human rights, and was hunted down by the Blade Runner with all his might.

In the process of finding out the truth about his identity, he was nearly killed several times by the Blade Runner who saw through him, and later escaped to the replicant-controlled star zone after all odds, and was fortunate enough to wait for the help of the expedition before his natural lifespan reached the limit.

When the expedition arrived, Sainz was looking back on his life from his hospital bed, and he survived the limits of his design life thanks to the medicine provided by the expedition, and joined the expedition after that. and save lives for the resident physicians.

After being recruited by the expedition, he and many others who had similar experiences to him traveled to many strange and unimaginable planes, and experienced a series of adventures that he had never dared to dream of.

Now, having finally found his place in the expedition, he finds himself on the verge of a major event that will determine the fate of another intelligent race, and his report could well be the verdict of that race's fate!

This thought put a lot of pressure on him, not that he felt that there would be any professional problems that would stump him this time, after all, he and his colleagues had spent the past few months systematically studying even the complex and unseemly life physics of Krogan.

They can study the complex physiology of the Krogan people, let alone the Theron people, who imitate the human body in human form. If the demos and claims in the BSG series are to be believed, then at least in terms of physical structure, it is likely that the Theron is very similar to replicants like him, and even to the soldiers of Mass Effect who have undergone major body modification surgeries.

While he was struggling with what to do, the hatch of the isolation cell he was in was opened, and a team of heavily armed expedition members entered the room pushing a metal cabinet the size of a refrigerator. After seeing the cabinet, Dr. Sainz forced himself to let go of his distractions for a while. He decided to conduct an unbiased dissection first, and then explain to Shen Chao in person according to the results. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for the votes cast by "3968487" and the tip of "sebastian...". It's almost Spring Festival, and I might use your tips to buy two candies for my nephews and nieces who are still rolling mud. Anyway, I suddenly feel like the years go by so fast......